Mounting a MonsterTech MPS-1 Blackbird Seat on a Yaw II 3DOF Motion Simulator. Can it be done?

[@TitaniumDR1]

Attention monstertech, I almost bought this chair for my yaw2 but I didn't because I don't feel like drilling holes and such. Might not be a bad idea to create a little kit and market the hell out of it to Yaw customers. This chair is probably the overall chair of choice, but it will not sell well for YAW2 if it's not a bolt together system. I'm going with a real racing seat instead . A JEGS lowback poly with a jegs 5 point harness. Hard, light, low. Hard: to transfer the butt kicker vibrations better, light: to slightly lessen the strain on the motors, and low: to allow for VR head spinning in DCS. Once I get it running I'll put a video up on my page.

[@VRSimWizard]

That is the precise reason why MonsterTech provided the seat to me: to figure out which changes need to be made to allow the MPS-1 to be as close to "plug and play" as possible. Now that they have the information, I'm sure they'll look at how they can accomplish this without creating a separate SKU for only the Yaw 2. In reality, they'll only need to add two additional holes, with threaded metal inserts, forward of the two I used, to eliminate the need to drill, and to move the two extrusions farther forward for users not employing the center stick mount (which I used to provide support for the front of the seat assembly). Ideally, they could add a set of 4 new holes close to the front of the seat, but just aft of the center stick mount. The second interference I found would only require a simple redesign of the 3D printed caps on the 80x80 (mistakenly called a 40x40 in my video) extrusion that mounts to the bottom of the seat back to resolve.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

In the same boat. Willing to buy it if I knew I won't need to DIY it. I have their older "Office Chair" setup and would like to be able to port over my chair mounts.

[@bigbangerz5856]

Really helpful thankyou for that. How feasible do you think it would be to centre mount the joystick lower with a stick extension?

[@VRSimWizard]

Very feasible. In fact, stay tuned to this channel. I am in the process of mounting a VKB Gunfighter III w/ Ultimate Grip and a 200mm extension. I should have it posted by the end of next week.

[@88Spint]

I'm so giddy watching the results :D Why, oh why can't I just win a ton of cash right now... xD I am really curios as to the cable solution for a 360+ spinning setup as I haven't seen anyone really talk about it. Don't really have a bunch of wireless stuff to mount on it... how does it work?

[@VRSimWizard]

The Yaw 2 Pro has both a power (a/c) slip ring and a USB slip ring, both with "hubs" to allow multiple devices to be plugged in. The USB hub design on my Yaw 2 isn't the best, so I've added an external powered USB hub. These two things solve all the wires except the VR HMD cable, and I replaced my previous HP Reverb G2 with a Quest 2, running Virtual Desktop over a separate WiFi 6 network dedicated only to the Quest 2.

[@88Spint]

@@VRSimWizard thanks! Bit of a shame not having a hdmi or display port as it limits 3dof to wireless displays or headsets. Well by the time I'm ready to order my own that might have changed, or i will have to invest some more in a wireless solution. My poor poor wallet haha!

[@VRSimWizard]

@@88Spint , Yaw VR had originally included an HDMI port, but the Mini Display port slip ring was way too expensive, and very few HMD's are HDMI only. Agree: this ain't a poor man's hobby, unless you're poor AFTER you buy everything! :)

[@sheldonnorton9035]

Do you recommend the YAW2? Does it get old or is it worth the $. Thanks for your time!

[@VRSimWizard]

I absolutely do. It's a beautiful design (important with others in the house). It has market-leading ranges of motion, too.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

How the hell did that mouse stay in place during the outro lol Figuring out what to do with my mouse has been one of my biggest challenges with the Yaw2. I simply can't put everything on my HOTAS especially in MSFS when flying something like a Airbus of Boeing airliner. I need the mouse.

[@VRSimWizard]

LOL. That trackball mounts to a magnetic base, and I have the base attached to several disc magnets that are stuck to the side mount table with double-stick tape. It's pretty secure.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

@@VRSimWizardOh it's a trackball? Wow looks like a mouse haha. Nothing like my old school trackballs. Maybe that's a good compromise, though I don't care for trackballs. Better than not having it at all though! I've been leaning on Voice Attack more recently but the amount of time I spend digging for sim variables to be able to bind things gets really frustrating.

[@VRSimWizard]

@@JohnVanderbeck , VoiceAttack is stellar, for sure. The trackball is easier in a motion platform as it (normally) doesn't move, plus I hate when I run out of room for the mouse. This is a Logitech MX Ergo trackball; pretty high end. My son got it for me one Christmas: a.co/d/6EqIetF

[@JohnVanderbeck]

@@VRSimWizard Yeah looks more ergonomic than my "classic" style trackball. Might give it a try. The mouse is the ONE thing I don't have any answer for right now. Keyboard I got the MT clamp so that's fine (though I need to find a keyboard that fits better as mine is really loose right now) and today I managed to get the left/right MT chair mount bases to mount onto the Yaw2 is almost the ideal spot, so I can expand out on those mounts. Unfortunately nothing I can really do about the center and the MPS-1 is the long term answer there, but I'm going to contact MT next week maybe and see if they will work with me on some custom parts. I do believe I can get a profile mounted across the front of the platform with a little work. I need to do this because the "center table" mount is beyond garbage for me. It is just unusable for a yoke which is what I want, well at least a GOOD yoke. My Honeycomb Alpha needs a decent force to push and pull and the way the center post hinges in the middle, no matter how much I clamp that down it inevitably bends on me in the middle of a flight after some time :(

[@TitaniumDR1]

Check out my latest video. Same stuff with a JEGS seat. I cannot thank you enough for this video. You saved me hours of pain. Thank you. I mean it. ✊🏼

[@VRSimWizard]

You are very welcome. I made the video to help folks like you.